I have always managed to get by with a needle and thread, mending clothes from time to time, but faced with shortening two pairs of curtain by hand, I decided to buy a sewing machine.
Sewing with a machine is fantastic! You can get intricate, accurate stitches (in a straight line), quickly and easily.
My new curtains are the perfect length, and an old pair of trousers are also mended (because I can...).
How did people ever make any non-trivial items of clothing/linen/curtains before the computer-controlled sewing machine was invented?
I liken the experience to the first time that you use a circular saw - perfect straight cuts with no effort.
However, there are two important differences compared to cutting wood.
1. Fabric stretches. Draw a straight line on a piece of wood and you know what you have. Draw a straight line on a piece of fabric and depending on how you happened to place the curtains on the bench/floor, you could have drawn any piece of modern art.
2. You can un-pick stitches a lot easier than you can undo any kind of woodwork.
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